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NI’s latest 88‑note controller introduces a keyboard with hammer‑action polyphonic aftertouch and a lot more besides.
IK’s sampled piano instrument aims to be more than just world-beating...
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Sampled from a Kawai GX grand piano using quality condenser mics, Saturn Hybrid Piano is the debut plug‑in from Sample Factory.
Rating: ***** 5/5 Stars. Sam Thomas is a composer, producer and session musician who describes his debut solo plug‑in as being somewhere between a synth, guitar and organ.
Rating ***** 5/5 Stars. The latest in UJAM’s Beatmaker collection is Cozy, released with the aim of tapping into the lo‑fi market that has become so popular in recent years.
We look at the technology and terminology that underpins all keyboard instruments.
Can £175$229 really buy you a usable 88‑note controller keyboard?
It's fair to say that keytars have had bad press over the years. It's my view that this malicious campaign was started by...